Fried Rice. Evidence ranking
Bacon and Egg Fried Rice
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Clear Winner
This recipe pulled away from the rest of the field. The order is stable enough to treat number one as the answer.
#1 ranked recipe
foodnetwork.com
· top 1% of 656 analysed
4.94 from 164 ratings
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#1 published Fried Rice by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-11): Bacon and Egg Fried Rice from foodnetwork.com (of 656 rated recipes across 43 sites). Verdict: Clear Winner. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Fried Rice recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Bacon and Egg Fried Rice from foodnetwork.com (656 rated recipes across 43 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
4.94
foodnetwork.com avg
4.53
Ahead of its publisher by 0.38 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 164 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 1% of every Fried Rice recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Extra Vegetable Fried Rice (cookieandkate.com), ★ 5.00 from 313 ratings.
What this takes
4 servings · 13 ingredients · 2 steps
- 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola or vegetable, plus more as needed
- 3/4 cup diced bacon or ham
- 3/4 cup diced white onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup diced carrots
- 1/4 cup snap peas, sliced, or other seasonal vegetables
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 4 cups cooked rice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- Kosher salt
- 2 scallions, chopped
- Freshly ground white pepper
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Fried Rice
This is the fried rice we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 656 scored recipes. First 10 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 20 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Bacon and Egg Fried Rice4.94 from 164 ratings
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2Extra Vegetable Fried Rice5.00 from 313 ratings
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3Kittencal's Best Chinese Fried Rice With Egg4.88 from 84 ratings
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4Chicken Fried Rice4.96 from 146 ratings
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5Chicken Fried Rice4.98 from 109 ratings
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6Fried Rice4.99 from 296 ratings
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7Ham Fried Rice4.92 from 123 ratings
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8Cauliflower Fried Rice4.87 from 311 ratings
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9Fried Rice4.89 from 1,527 ratings
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10Homemade Fried Rice Recipe4.98 from 34 ratings
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
656Recipes rated
43Sites
12,510Ratings
Very highOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Fried Rice recipe?
#1 published Fried Rice by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-11): Bacon and Egg Fried Rice from foodnetwork.com (of 656 rated recipes across 43 sites). Verdict: Clear Winner. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-11.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.